Satellite alerts seen helping fight deforestation in Africa
Near real-time data pinpointing tree losses is helping African countries tackle deforestation, finds study
FACTBOX - Argentina approves abortion but what are the laws globally?
With Argentina set to become the 67th country to allow terminations on request, here is a round-up of abortion laws worldwide
How COVID-19 may result in one million excess deaths from other diseases in Africa
The pandemic has hit Africa's overburdened health services and left many unable to access treatment - raising fears of up to one million excess deaths from other illnesses
Second COVID-19 wave hits West & Central Africa as weather cools
Record cases numbers prompt new concerns over fragile health systems and long waits for vaccines
Why Ebola survivors like me can help fight COVID-19
Health worker Sherry Bangura survived Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2014. Now he's on the frontlines fighting COVID-19 - and wants other survivors to do the same
OPINION: A 70th birthday wish from the UN refugee agency: ‘make us redundant’
On UNHCR’s 70th anniversary, my challenge to the international community is this: put me out of a job. Make it your goal to build a world in which there is truly no need for a UN refugee agency because nobody is compelled to flee.
As Paris climate pact turns five, leaders urged to make more space for nature
Forests and other ecosystems have been neglected in efforts to fight global warming, say officials and activists, calling for a joined-up approach to tackling biodiversity and climate crises
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe
Top U.N. officials warned the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday of humanitarian catastrophe next year
Children head to diamond mines in pandemic-hit Central African Republic
Lockdown school closures fuel sharp rise in the number of children working at diamond mines in the war-torn country, researchers say
Pandemic fills ranks of extreme poverty worldwide
The U.N. projected that 235 million people worldwide - 1 in 33 people globally - will need humanitarian assistance in 2021